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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचसत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणा बुद्धेर्न चात्मन: ।सत्त्वेनान्यतमौ हन्यात् सत्त्वं सत्त्वेन चैव हि ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācasattvaṁ rajas tama itiguṇā buddher na cātmanaḥsattvenānyatamau hanyātsattvaṁ sattvena caiva hi Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The three modes of material nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance, pertain to material intelligence and not to the spirit soul. By development of material goodness one can conquer the modes of passion and ignorance, and by cultivation of transcendental goodness one may free oneself even from material goodness....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीउद्धव उवाचवदन्ति कृष्ण श्रेयांसि बहूनि ब्रह्मवादिन: ।तेषां विकल्पप्राधान्यमुताहो एकमुख्यता ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-uddhava uvācavadanti kṛṣṇa śreyāṁsibahūni brahma-vādinaḥteṣāṁ vikalpa-prādhānyamutāho eka-mukhyatā Translation: Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Kṛṣṇa, the learned sages who explain Vedic literature recommend various processes for perfecting one’s life. Considering these varieties of viewpoint, my Lord, please tell me whether all these processes are equally important, or whether one of them is supreme....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाचजितेन्द्रियस्य युक्तस्य जितश्वासस्य योगिन: ।मयि धारयतश्चेत उपतिष्ठन्ति सिद्धय: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bhagavān uvācajitendriyasya yuktasyajita-śvāsasya yoginaḥmayi dhārayataś cetaupatiṣṭhanti siddhayaḥ Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, the mystic perfections of yoga are acquired by a yogī who has conquered his senses, steadied his mind, conquered the breathing process and fixed his mind on Me. Purport: There are eight primary mystic perfections, such as aṇimā-siddhi, and ten secondary perfections....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचगोविन्दभुजगुप्तायां द्वारवत्यां कुरूद्वह ।अवात्सीन्नारदोऽभीक्ष्णं कृष्णोपासनलालस: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācagovinda-bhuja-guptāyāṁdvāravatyāṁ kurūdvahaavātsīn nārado ’bhīkṣṇaṁkṛṣṇopāsana-lālasaḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Eager to engage in the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa, O best of the Kurus, Nārada Muni stayed for some time in Dvārakā, which was always protected by the arms of Govinda. Purport: In the Second Chapter of this canto, bhāgavata-dharma, or pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, is explained by Nārada Muni to Vasudeva, who had inquired with devotion....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचपरस्य विष्णोरीशस्य मायिनामपि मोहिनीम् ।मायां वेदितुमिच्छामो भगवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु न: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācaparasya viṣṇor īśasyamāyinām api mohinīmmāyāṁ veditum icchāmobhagavanto bruvantu naḥ Translation: King Nimi said: Now we wish to learn about the illusory potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu, which bewilders even great mystics. My lords, please speak to us about this subject. Purport: According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, in this chapter various saintly sons of Ṛṣabhadeva will speak about the illusory energy (māyā), the means for crossing beyond it, the characteristics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and prescribed duties for human beings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचयानि यानीह कर्माणि यैर्यै: स्वच्छन्दजन्मभि: ।चक्रे करोति कर्ता वा हरिस्तानि ब्रुवन्तु न: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācayāni yānīha karmāṇiyair yaiḥ svacchanda-janmabhiḥcakre karoti kartā vāharis tāni bruvantu naḥ Translation: King Nimi said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead descends into the material world by His internal potency and according to His own desire. Therefore, please tell us about the various pastimes Lord Hari has performed in the past, is performing now and will perform in this world in the future in His various incarnations....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचभगवन्तं हरिं प्रायो न भजन्त्यात्मवित्तमा: ।तेषामशान्तकामानां क निष्ठाविजितात्मनाम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācabhagavantaṁ hariṁ prāyona bhajanty ātma-vittamāḥteṣām aśānta-kāmānāṁkā niṣṭhāvijitātmanām Translation: King Nimi further inquired: My dear Yogendras, all of you are most perfect in knowledge of the science of the self. Therefore, kindly explain to me the destination of those who for the most part never worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who are unable to quench their material desires and who are not in control of their own selves....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचअथ ब्रह्मात्मजै: देवै: प्रजेशैरावृतोऽभ्यगात् ।भवश्च भूतभव्येशो ययौ भूतगणैर्वृत: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaatha brahmātma-jaiḥ devaiḥprajeśair āvṛto ’bhyagātbhavaś ca bhūta-bhavyeśoyayau bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ Translation: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Brahmā then set off for Dvārakā, accompanied by his own sons as well as by the demigods and the great Prajāpatis. Lord Śiva, the bestower of auspiciousness to all living beings, also went, surrounded by many ghostly creatures....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीब्राह्मण उवाचसुखमैन्द्रियकं राजन् स्वर्गे नरक एव च ।देहिनां यद् यथा दु:खं तस्मान्नेच्छेत तद् बुध: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brāhmaṇa uvācasukham aindriyakaṁ rājansvarge naraka eva cadehināṁ yad yathā duḥkhaṁtasmān neccheta tad-budhaḥ Translation: The saintly brāhmaṇa said: O King, the embodied living entity automatically experiences unhappiness in heaven or hell. Similarly, happiness will also be experienced, even without one’s seeking it. Therefore a person of intelligent discrimination does not make any endeavor to obtain such material happiness....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीब्राह्मण उवाचपरिग्रहो हि दु:खाय यद् यत्प्रियतमं नृणाम् ।अनन्तं सुखमाप्नोति तद् विद्वान् यस्त्वकिञ्चन: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-brāhmaṇa uvācaparigraho hi duḥkhāyayad yat priyatamaṁ nṛṇāmanantaṁ sukham āpnotitad vidvān yas tv akiñcanaḥ Translation: The saintly brāhmaṇa said: Everyone considers certain things within the material world to be most dear to him, and because of attachment to such things one eventually becomes miserable. One who understands this gives up material possessiveness and attachment and thus achieves unlimited happiness....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचदेवासुरमनुष्येषु ये भजन्त्यशिवं शिवम् ।प्रायस्ते धनिनो भोजा न तु लक्ष्म्या: पतिं हरिम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācadevāsura-manuṣyesuye bhajanty aśivaṁ śivamprāyas te dhanino bhojāna tu lakṣmyāḥ patiṁ harim Translation: King Parīkṣit said: Those demigods, demons and humans who worship Lord Śiva, a strict renunciant, usually enjoy wealth and sense gratification, while the worshipers of the Supreme Lord Hari, the husband of the goddess of fortune, do not....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचसरस्वत्यास्तटे राजन्नृषय: सत्रमासत ।वितर्क: समभूत्तेषां त्रिष्वधीशेषु को महान् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācasarasvatyās taṭe rājannṛṣayaḥ satram āsatavitarkaḥ samabhūt teṣāṁtriṣv adhīśeṣu ko mahān Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, O King, as a group of sages were performing a Vedic sacrifice on the banks of the Sarasvatī River, a controversy arose among them as to which of the three chief deities is supreme....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 01-7 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचसुखं स्वपुर्यां निवसन् द्वारकायां श्रिय: पति: ।सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धायां जुष्टायां वृष्णिपुङ्गवै: ॥ १ ॥स्‍त्रीभिश्चोत्तमवेषाभिर्नवयौवनकान्तिभि: ।कन्दुकादिभिर्हर्म्येषु क्रीडन्तीभिस्तडिद्‌द्युभि: ॥ २ ॥नित्यं सङ्कुलमार्गायां मदच्युद्भ‍िर्मतङ्गजै: ।स्वलङ्कृतैर्भटैरश्वै रथैश्च कनकोज्ज्वलै: ॥ ३ ॥उद्यानोपवनाढ्यायां पुष्पितद्रुमराजिषु ।निर्विशद् भृङ्गविहगैर्नादितायां समन्तत: ॥ ४ ॥रेमे षोडशसाहस्रपत्नीनामेकवल्ल‍भ: ।तावद्विचित्ररूपोऽसौ तद्गेहेषु महर्द्धिषु ॥ ५ ॥प्रोत्फुल्ल‍ोत्पलकह्लारकुमुदाम्भोजरेणुभि: ।वासितामलतोयेषु कूजद्‌द्विजकुलेषु च ॥ ६ ॥विजहार विगाह्याम्भो ह्रदिनीषु महोदय: ।कुचकुङ्कुमलिप्ताङ्ग: परिरब्धश्च योषिताम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācasukhaṁ sva-puryāṁ nivasandvārakāyāṁ śriyaḥ patiḥsarva-sampat-samṛddhāyāṁjuṣṭāyāṁ vṛṣṇi-puṅgavaiḥ...

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: श्रीशुक उवाचएवं युधिष्ठिरो राजा जरासन्धवधं विभो: ।कृष्णस्य चानुभावं तं श्रुत्वा प्रीतस्तमब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-śuka uvācaevaṁ yudhiṣṭhiro rājājarāsandha-vadhaṁ vibhoḥkṛṣṇasya cānubhāvaṁ taṁśrutvā prītas tam abravīt Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus heard of the killing of Jarāsandha, and also of almighty Kṛṣṇa’s wonderful power, King Yudhiṣṭhira addressed the Lord as follows with great pleasure. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचअजातशत्रोस्तं द‍ृष्ट्वा राजसूयमहोदयम् ।सर्वे मुमुदिरे ब्रह्मन् नृदेवा ये समागता: ॥ १ ॥दुर्योधनं वर्जयित्वा राजान: सर्षय: सुरा: ।इति श्रुतं नो भगवंस्तत्र कारणमुच्यताम् ॥ २ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācaajāta-śatros tam dṛṣṭvārājasūya-mahodayamsarve mumudire brahmannṛ-devā ye samāgatāḥ Translation: Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, according to what I have heard from you, all the assembled kings, sages and demigods were delighted to see the wonderful festivities of King Ajātaśatru’s Rājasūya sacrifice, with the sole exception of Duryodhana....